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1 Easter, 2005 DHM Advocate Articles: 1. DHM Launches Initiative November/December, 2005 January/2006 DHM Advocate Article: July, 2004 DHM Advocate Article It s All About January 24-25, 2005 Design Team for Meets in Indianapolis Ron Allen Jorge Cotto Charlotte Hoppe Steven Johns-Boehme Bill McConnell Susan Shank Mix Chris Morton Jim Powell Eugene Randall February, Implementation and Planning Team for 2006 Event Named Suzanne Castle-Rolen Charlotte Hoppe Steven Johns-Boehme Julia Brown Karimu Bill McConnell Susan Shank Mix Chris Morton Eugene Randall named Director 2. It s All About 3. What Is a Healthy Congregation? April/May, 2005 DHM Advocate Article: Life Cycle Presence at General Assembly 2005 Promoted upcoming 2006 Event in Arlington, Texas What A Difference A Leader Can Make Some of the Ways Will Take Shape August/September/ October, 2005 DHM Advocate Article: Journeying the Good News Road Journeying the Good News Road

2 January 18-20, 2006 Event Journeying the Good News Road: A Conference on Arlington, Texas Publications Introduced at the 2006 Journeying the Good News Road Event February/March/April Good News Road: A Conference on 2.What are the Marks of a Healthy Church 3. On the Good News Road to May/June/July Leadership Development 2.Organizational Structure or What Does the Body of Christ Look Like in Your Community? 3. Shaping the Future of Life August/September/October A Retreat Model for Congregations in 2. On the Road to November/December, 2006 January 2007 Advocate Articles Unwrapping the Gift of 2006 Annotated Bibliography 2006 Bibliography A New Way to Be Church Guidelines for a Conversation in a Time of Conflict Healthy Congregations Introduction by Is Your Church Stuck? Or How Stuck Is Your Congregation Jethro s Story (A Midrash) Leading Turnaround Churches by Gene Woods Listening to God Praying With Scripture Living in Postmodern Times Natural Church Development On Being Disciple Questionnaire for Lay People Some of the Ways Will Take Shape Tahoe Center for Wholeness, Partners in The Biblical Stages of by and March, 2006 Core Group Planning Team for 2006 Named Bill Bass James Brooks Warren Lynn Ed Morris Bob Shebeck Marty Williams Director August, 2006 Presenter CD s mailed to participants of the 2006 Event September, 2006 DHM Team Formed Cliff Chandler Eugene James Karen Jones Jeannie Lee Carolyn Reed Carl Zerweck Convenor 2006

3 February/March/April 2007 DHM Advocate Article Is Your Congregation A Transforming Congregation? March, 2007 named Director of 2006 Core Group Planning Team March, 2007 Introduced six new resources: 1. The Biblical Stages 2. Best Practices 3. Developing Consensus 4. Church Vitality Meter 5. Definition 6. Assessment Tool for Church Boards April, 2007 DHM Team gathered information from regions regarding their transformation process. July, 2007 Resources Introduced at General Assembly The Journey DVD The Bible Study on Continuing the Journey CD October, GPS Events Planning Team Formed, Sr. Janet Moore Deborah Morgan Bill Rose-Heim Donna Rose-Heim Troy Sybrant Byron Wells Director Spring/Summer 2008 DHM Advocate Articles The Lazarus Church August, 2008 resources translated into Spanish September 20, 2008 GPS Event Fullerton, CA Fall 2008 DHM Advocate Article How One Congregation Began Its Journey into (Part One) May, 2007 Directory of Resources produced by DHM Team July, 2007 Tracks Held at General Assembly

4 January 16-18, 2009 GPS Event Oklahoma City, OK January 23-25, 2009 GPS Event Atlanta, GA March 6-7, 2009 GPS Event St. Joseph, MO Spring, 2009 Advocate How One Congregation Began Its Journey into (Part Two) April, 2009 Resources translated in Korean DHM Timeline produced Asked for updates from regions on transformation April, 2009 General Team Formed, Sr. Ron Degges Janet Moore Craig Robertson Bill Rose-Heim Matt Rosine Bob Shebeck Byron Wells Scott Woolridge July, 2009 General Assembly General Assembly included workshops on congregational transformation and an after session on. The after session included discussion groups on Benchmarks of and Networking in Transforming Congregations flier introduced, Director Summer, 2009 Advocate Resources Now Available in Korean September, 2009 Over 40 congregations are now listed as a transforming congregation on DHM s Website. August, 2009 General Logo Created October, 2009 What Does A Transforming Congregation Look Like October, 2009 Did You Know? (Article on DHM s involvement in.) Date Timeline DHM helps to facilitate events across the life of the church: Event January 22-23, 2010 Barton College Wilson, NC 2009 Funding for the 2005 Summit and the 2006 event was an original combination of Disciples Home Missions Funds, an Oreon Scott Grant, Church Extension, and Global Ministries contributions. Funding for the 2007 DVD, CD, resources, 2007 Planning Team, and 2008 Planning Team that implemented the GPS events came from Disciples Home Missions, Global Ministries, a special offering taken at General Assembly 2007, and an Oreon Scott Grant. The General Ministry Council also contributed $50,000 of which $10,000 was set aside for racial/ethnic participants. A resolution was submitted at the 2007 General Assembly that said a regular funding stream would be established for. To date that has not been established. 2010

5 Spring, 2010 Advocate 1,000 Transforming Congregations Moving Toward the 2020 Vision of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ July, 2011 General Assembly List of DOC Congregations in March, 2010 Produced Benchmarks for Fall, 2010 Advocate Is Your Congregation Transforming? Summer, 2011 Advocate Transforming into a 21st century congregation Spring, 2011 Advocate We are counting congregations! and Is Your Congregations Transforming? Fall, 2011 DHM website official list of DOC congrega

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